Bill Text: NY S06024 | 2015-2016 | General Assembly | Amended

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Bill Title: Relates to providing a program to extend natural gas delivery to unserved or underserved areas; establishes petition, program and commission requirements.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2016-03-22 - referred to energy [S06024 Detail]

Download: New_York-2015-S06024-Amended.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                         6024--A
                               2015-2016 Regular Sessions
                    IN SENATE
                                     August 3, 2015
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        Introduced  by  Sen.  GRIFFO -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules  --  recommitted  to
          the  Committee  on  Energy  and  Telecommunications in accordance with
          Senate Rule 6, sec. 8 -- committee discharged, bill  amended,  ordered
          reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee
        AN  ACT  to  amend  the  public  service law, in relation to providing a
          program to extend natural gas  delivery  to  unserved  or  underserved
          areas
          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section 1. The public service law is amended by adding a  new  section
     2  65-c to read as follows:
     3    §  65-c.  Extending natural gas deliveries to unserved and underserved
     4  areas. 1. Petition. No later than January first, two thousand seventeen,
     5  or sixty days after the effective date of  this  section,  whichever  is
     6  later,  each natural gas distribution company shall file a petition with
     7  the commissioner proposing a pilot or permanent program,  including  any
     8  necessary  tariffs,  to extend natural gas distribution service for end-
     9  users to unserved or underserved areas within its  certificated  service
    10  territory.
    11    2. Program requirements. A proposed program shall include:
    12    (a)  a  process  for  managing and prioritizing customer requests from
    13  end-users for extensions of the natural gas distribution system;
    14    (b) a cost-benefit analysis to determine if a customer contribution is
    15  required;
    16    (c) a method  for  determining  the  amount  of  a  required  customer
    17  contribution in aid of construction;
    18    (d)  a  program to enhance the affordability of required contributions
    19  in aid of construction to customers, including the following provisions:
    20    (i) the program shall provide for on-bill financing for a term  of  no
    21  less than five years;
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD11599-03-6